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Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes inquiry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Good Shepherd Microfinance has said that the Financial System Inquiry is an opportunity to find new ways to enable economic participation for the one in six Australians that are financially excluded. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney One in ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The way that retailers manage their environmental, social and governance (ESG) exposures can be a proxy for their management quality, according to research from AMP Capital Investors. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital There are fewer links between individual ...

bankmecu: integrated reporting develops integrated thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
bankmecu's corporate reporting and annual general meetings have become more integrated and forward looking as a result of the bank's use of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)'s draft guidelines to produce integrated annual reports ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)'s portfolio includes 39 investments of over AU$536 million, and every dollar that the CEFC has invested has attracted $2.90 of private sector investment. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The CEFC has released its annual ...

Investors ask companies for information on fossil fuel exposures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Australian investors have joined a group of 70 global investors calling on the world's top oil and gas, coal and electric power companies to assess the financial risks of climate change to their business. The Carbon Asset Risk (CAR) initiative, coordinated ...

IIRC asks investors to critique pilot integrated reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Annual reports that are based on the integrated reporting framework are useful in communicating a more holistic view of performance than otherwise found in traditional financial reports, according to an investor review for the International Integrated ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Companies that are currently liable under the carbon pricing mechanism (CPM) face uncertainty over their compliance and potential pricing arrangements if the government's proposed legislation to repeal the price on carbon is not passed by July 2014. ...

Westpac, CBA raise $10 million for Benevolent Society SBB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Institutional Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and The Benevolent Society have raised AU$10 million for its social benefit bond (SBB). The funds raised by the SBB will go towards establishing The Resilient Families preservation service ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Ethical and sustainable supply chain management are being integrated into procurement practices in Australia and around the world, according Net Balance and Sedex. Sedex operates an online database of ethical and sustainable supply chain data that allows ...

Mariner Investment Group selects MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Mariner Investment Group, a global alternative asset manager, has selected MSCI ESG Research to provide environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and portfolio analytics. Mariner Group has subscribed to MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics, a reporting ...